[one-users] VMware VMFS vs NFS

Tue Oct 15 08:05:24 PDT 2013

Hi Dmitri,

Did you add the BRIDGE_LIST parameter to the datastore template? It is
needed for the drivers to know which ESX hosts to use to register
images in the datastores. It needs an space separated list.

Regards,

-Tino
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On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 4:46 PM, Dmitri Chebotarov <dchebota at gmu.edu> wrote:
> Tino
>
> The reason for NFS is hardware only provides NFS exports (NetApp filer, no
> iSCSI license).
>
> I may need a little bit more help.
> I've added a datastore (id 139) as Vmware VMFS, checked that both DS_MAD
> and TS_MAD set to 'vmfs', also set Base Path to '/vmfs/volumes' (before
> adding DS).
>
> When ONED tries to monitor new Vmware VMFS datastore I get the error:
>
> Tue Oct 15 10:34:42 2013 [ImM][I]: Command execution fail:
> /var/lib/one/remotes/datastore/vmfs/monitor
> PERTX0RSSVZFUl9BQ1RJT05fREFUQT48REFUQVNUT1JFPjxJRD4xMzk8L0lEPjxVSUQ+NDwvVUl
> EPjxHSUQ+MDwvR0lEPjxVTkFNRT5kY2hlYm90YTwvVU5BTUU+PEdOQU1FPm9uZWFkbWluPC9HTk
> FNRT48TkFNRT52bXdhcmU8L05BTUU+PFBFUk1JU1NJT05TPjxPV05FUl9VPjE8L09XTkVSX1U+P
> E9XTkVSX00+MTwvT1dORVJfTT48T1dORVJfQT4wPC9PV05FUl9BPjxHUk9VUF9VPjE8L0dST1VQ
> X1U+PEdST1VQX00+MDwvR1JPVVBfTT48R1JPVVBfQT4wPC9HUk9VUF9BPjxPVEhFUl9VPjA8L09
> USEVSX1U+PE9USEVSX00+MDwvT1RIRVJfTT48T1RIRVJfQT4wPC9PVEhFUl9BPjwvUEVSTUlTU0
> lPTlM+PERTX01BRD52bWZzPC9EU19NQUQ+PFRNX01BRD52bWZzPC9UTV9NQUQ+PEJBU0VfUEFUS
> D4vdm1mcy92b2x1bWVzLzEzOTwvQkFTRV9QQVRIPjxUWVBFPjA8L1RZUEU+PERJU0tfVFlQRT4w
> PC9ESVNLX1RZUEU+PENMVVNURVJfSUQ+MTA3PC9DTFVTVEVSX0lEPjxDTFVTVEVSPnZtd2FyZTw
> vQ0xVU1RFUj48VE9UQUxfTUI+MDwvVE9UQUxfTUI+PEZSRUVfTUI+MDwvRlJFRV9NQj48VVNFRF
> 9NQj4wPC9VU0VEX01CPjxJTUFHRVM+PC9JTUFHRVM+PFRFTVBMQVRFPjxEU19NQUQ+PCFbQ0RBV
> EFbdm1mc11dPjwvRFNfTUFEPjxUTV9NQUQ+PCFbQ0RBVEFbdm1mc11dPjwvVE1fTUFEPjxUWVBF
> PjwhW0NEQVRBW0lNQUdFX0RTXV0+PC9UWVBFPjwvVEVNUExBVEU+PC9EQVRBU1RPUkU+PC9EU19
> EUklWRVJfQUNUSU9OX0RBVEE+ 139
> Tue Oct 15 10:34:42 2013 [ImM][I]: expr: division by zero
> Tue Oct 15 10:34:42 2013 [ImM][I]: ExitCode: 255
> Tue Oct 15 10:34:42 2013 [ImM][E]: Error monitoring datastore 139: -
>
>
> Š
>
> Running the command manually:
>
> [root at ONE ~]# /var/lib/one/remotes/datastore/vmfs/monitor
> PERTX0RSSVZFUl9BQ1RJT05fREFUQT48REFUQVNUT1JFPjxJRD4xMzk8L0lEPjxVSUQ+NDwvVUl
> EPjxHSUQ+MDwvR0lEPjxVTkFNRT5kY2hlYm90YTwvVU5BTUU+PEdOQU1FPm9uZWFkbWluPC9HTk
> FNRT48TkFNRT52bXdhcmU8L05BTUU+PFBFUk1JU1NJT05TPjxPV05FUl9VPjE8L09XTkVSX1U+P
> E9XTkVSX00+MTwvT1dORVJfTT48T1dORVJfQT4wPC9PV05FUl9BPjxHUk9VUF9VPjE8L0dST1VQ
> X1U+PEdST1VQX00+MDwvR1JPVVBfTT48R1JPVVBfQT4wPC9HUk9VUF9BPjxPVEhFUl9VPjA8L09
> USEVSX1U+PE9USEVSX00+MDwvT1RIRVJfTT48T1RIRVJfQT4wPC9PVEhFUl9BPjwvUEVSTUlTU0
> lPTlM+PERTX01BRD52bWZzPC9EU19NQUQ+PFRNX01BRD52bWZzPC9UTV9NQUQ+PEJBU0VfUEFUS
> D4vdm1mcy92b2x1bWVzLzEzOTwvQkFTRV9QQVRIPjxUWVBFPjA8L1RZUEU+PERJU0tfVFlQRT4w
> PC9ESVNLX1RZUEU+PENMVVNURVJfSUQ+MTA3PC9DTFVTVEVSX0lEPjxDTFVTVEVSPnZtd2FyZTw
> vQ0xVU1RFUj48VE9UQUxfTUI+MDwvVE9UQUxfTUI+PEZSRUVfTUI+MDwvRlJFRV9NQj48VVNFRF
> 9NQj4wPC9VU0VEX01CPjxJTUFHRVM+PC9JTUFHRVM+PFRFTVBMQVRFPjxEU19NQUQ+PCFbQ0RBV
> EFbdm1mc11dPjwvRFNfTUFEPjxUTV9NQUQ+PCFbQ0RBVEFbdm1mc11dPjwvVE1fTUFEPjxUWVBF
> PjwhW0NEQVRBW0lNQUdFX0RTXV0+PC9UWVBFPjwvVEVNUExBVEU+PC9EQVRBU1RPUkU+PC9EU19
> EUklWRVJfQUNUSU9OX0RBVEE+ 139
> expr: division by zero
> ERROR: monitor: Command "" failed:
> ERROR MESSAGE --8<------
> Cannot monitor USED_MB=$(du -sLm /vmfs/volumes/139 2>/dev/null | cut -f1)
>
> DF_STR=$(df -m | grep /vmfs/volumes/139 | sed 's/ \+/:/g')
>
> TOTAL_MB=$(echo $DF_STR | cut -d':' -f 2)
> FREE_MB=$(echo $DF_STR | cut -d':' -f 4)
>
> echo "USED_MB=$USED_MB"
> echo "TOTAL_MB=$TOTAL_MB"
> echo "FREE_MB=$FREE_MB"
> ERROR MESSAGE ------>8--
>
>
> Not sure where to go from here...
>
> --
> Thank you,
>
> Dmitri Chebotarov
> VCL Sys Eng, Engineering & Architectural Support, TSD - Ent Servers &
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> On 10/15/13 10:25 , "Tino Vazquez" <cvazquez at c12g.com> wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>Indeed, the process is exactly the same, what changes is the method
>>you use to mount the datastore in the ESX host, but for OpenNebula is
>>completely transparent (both of them will be handled with the 'vmfs'
>>drivers).
>>
>>Any reason in particular for using NFS instead of VMFS? due to the
>>available hardware or is the reason something else?
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>-Tino
>>--
>>OpenNebula - Flexible Enterprise Cloud Made Simple
>>
>>--
>>Constantino Vázquez Blanco, PhD, MSc
>>Senior Infrastructure Architect at C12G Labs
>>www.c12g.com | @C12G | es.linkedin.com/in/tinova
>>
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>>
>>On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 4:22 PM, Dmitri Chebotarov <dchebota at gmu.edu>
>>wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I'm trying to add few ESXi hosts to ONE.
>>> Is it a different approach when using NFS shared storage and not VMware
>>> VMFS?
>>> Documentation I find on web-site suggests using VWware VMFS, but I'm not
>>> sure if the same procedure applies in case of NFS storage...
>>>
>>> --
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> Dmitri Chebotarov
>>> VCL Sys Eng, Engineering & Architectural Support, TSD - Ent Servers &
>>> Messaging
>>> 223 Aquia Building, Ffx, MSN: 1B5
>>> Phone: (703) 993-6175 | Fax: (703) 993-3404
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